Device for exhibiting curtains for sale.



PATENTED JAN. 20, 1903.

. H. HAY. DEVICE FOR EXHIBITING CURTAINS FOR SALE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 71 1902.

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HUGH HAY, OF VOODSTOCK, CANADA.

DEVICE FOR EXl-llBlTlNG CURTAINS FOR SALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 718,839, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed June 7, 1902. Serial No. 110,703. (No model.)

To (tZZ "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH HAY, merchant, a British subject, residing at the town of W'oodstock, in the county of Carleton and Province of New Brunswick, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Exhibiting Curtains for Sale; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in displaying apparatus, and is more particularly adapted for use in exhibiting curtains to prospective purchasers.

The object of my invention is to provide a cabinet for protecting the curtains from unnecessary exposure to light and dust and at the same time provide a convenient means for advantageously exhibiting any one of the curtains When so desired.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, and in which the same letters refer to the same parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device, parts being broken away, showing the interior of the transversely-projecting top or frame. Fig. 2 is an end view looking to the right in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

(t represents a rectangular frame supported on the uprights or standards d, forming a skeleton for the cabinet-covering, and projects transversely beyond said standards for a suitable distance to properly support the articles when withdrawn from the cabinet for display. This frame a has a plurality of taut wires 5, stretched longitudinally thereof, providing a means for supporting a plurality of slides or carriers f, which are loosely suspended therefrom by means of the screw-eyelets or guiding-rings g and are adapted to be operated along said wires when it is desired to display the curtains. Any suitable means may be employed for hanging the curtains on the carriers; but for the purpose of illustration I have simply shown the small hooks e.

To the rear end on of the carriers f are socured cords nor similar flexible means, which reeve over suitable pulleys 0, journaled in the frame, and have the weights p suspended therefrom for returning the carriers within the cabinet when released. Similar flexible means 2' are secured to the front ends h of the carriers, which reeve over the pulleys j,journaled in the frame, and thence downwardly through the rings or guide-eyelets '1", secured to the rigid end piece 3 of the frame, which projects downwardly a suitable distance to be in convenient reach of the operator.

The free ends of the cords 11 are provided with loops or rings Z, adapted to receive a hooked handle or red q of about the same weight as the weight 1).

When it is desired to withdraw a curtain from the cabinet, the operator inserts the hooked end of the rod gin the eyelet Z of the carrier, suspending the desired curtain, and by pulling down on the cord t the curtain is displayed in the space shown below the projecting end of the frame a and held in position by the weight of the rod g, which is left hanging in the ring Z as long as may be desired. Upon releasing the hooked rod the carrier is automatically returned to the cabinet by the weight p, suspended on the cord 12, attached to the rear end of the carrier.

Although I have described my invention as more particularly adapted for use in displaying curtains, it is obvious that it maybe used to advantage with many other kinds of articles-such, for instance, as diagrams, charts, maps, wall-papers, samples or piece of fabric, or, in fact, any article where it is desirable to exhibit the same in a hanging position. It is also obvious that I can form the inclosing walls of the cabinet either of wooden panels or any other suitable materials. It is also obvious that instead of using the eyelets g for suspending the carriers I might use grooved traveling pulleys, and, indeed, I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction as illustrated, as numerous changes might be made without departing from the spirit of my invention. Thus it will be seen that I have invented a simple, cheap, and efficient cabinet for keeping the articles free from exposure while not being exhibited and readily accessible when it is necessary to display them, thus saving time, labor, and space for the merchant and diminishing the wear and tear on the articles displayed.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a display-cabinet, the combination with an inclosing casing, of a frame provided with a plurality of taut wires stretched longitudinally thereof and projecting transversely beyond said casing, a plurality of carriers loosely suspended from said wires above said casing, flexible means secured to the forward ends of said carriers for moving the same longitudinally along said wires, and flexible means secured to the rear ends of said oarriers and provided with weights for returning the said carriers when released to their normal positions.

2. In a display-cabinet, the combination with an inclosing casing, of a frame, having a plurality of wires stretched longitudinally thereof mounted above said casing and projecting transversely beyond the same, a plurality of traveling carriers loosely suspended from said wires, a plurality of pulleys mounted in each end of said frame, flexible means secured to the forward ends of saidcarriers and reeving over the pulleys at one end of the frame, loops or rings secured to the free ends of said flexible means adapted to receive an operating-hook for withdrawing said carriers from said casing, and flexible means secured to the rear ends of said carriers reeving over the pulleys at the other end of said frame, and provided with weights at their free ends to return the carriers to their normal positions when released.

Woodstock, June 3, 1902.

HUGH HAY. In presence of-- FRANK B. CARVELL, BLANCHE K. DIBBELL. 

